Staff Software Engineer - Search & Detection

Panther

6d•$176,000 - $223,000•Remote

About The Position

Panther is building the AI SOC platform that helps security teams detect and respond faster than attackers. The Search & Detection team owns key experiences and systems that help customers: Explore and search their security data quickly and reliably. Build, tune, and operationalize detections with confidence. Turn investigation workflows into repeatable, high-signal outcomes. This role is about making those workflows feel fast, intuitive, and trustworthy at scale. You’ll join the Search & Detection team and partner closely with engineers to build product experiences and backend systems that power investigation, search, and detection workflows. The position is full stack with a mix of backend-leaning (60–70%) and meaningful frontend ownership (30–40%).

Requirements

Strong backend engineering experience building production services and APIs.
Proficiency in Go and Python.
Experience with frontend product UI development with React and TypeScript.
Experience designing systems with clear trade-offs around latency, correctness, and reliability.

Nice To Haves

Security domain experience, especially with SOC workflows, alerting, logging, detection engineering, or related platforms.

Responsibilities

Build and improve backend services that support search and detection workflows.
Own key frontend surfaces that enable investigation and detection tuning.
Design and ship end-to-end features across APIs, services, and UI.
Partner with stakeholders to turn ambiguous problems into shipped product.
Raise the bar for engineering quality through design reviews, mentorship, and technical leadership.